Just catching up to the finale of the Great British Baking Show

richard-in-cincy

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First, I loved, loved, loved this program. What a fun contest. I would love to participate in it! However, I did have a few issues. First off: Why have the weekly master baker award if it means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING? No immunity the next week. No consideration for a stumble the next week. It meant absolutely nothing. So why do it and set up the expectations that it does have meaning?

That said, how could the person who won the master baker for 5 of the 10 weeks not win? They even said on the last challenge, nothing else that went before mattered.

I thought Richard should have won. He shined every week, was the master baker for half of the series, had a slip in the technical with his over baked custard, but compared to the sloppy slap and patch job on the pastry of Luis (I mean really!), and the unevenness of Nancy's. I thought they all failed at Tarte au citron.

Also, the deliberation should have been well thought out, discussed, and presented as to WHY they selected who they did, why the previous weeks apparently didn't matter, and what the criteria were. Fail on the judges part there (or maybe they did and the editors cut it?).

A really great program that had some serious let down for me, but overall, I would love to see this continue and be improved upon in the format of the judging criteria.

 
I always thought baking was precise measurements. The contestants

The only measuring cup I've seen on the show, is liquid measurement cup. The contestants can't have their ingredients pre-measured..since they get their instructions just before they begin, unless the show pre-measures for them, but that can't be right. They're always scooping or sprinkling their sugar or flour out of jars without measuring. Eye balling it perhaps?

But I really enjoyed the show. Very impressive.

 
Great assessment, Richard, and I concur.

They were all such delightful people too! I've been trying to watch previous seasons and found some on YouTube but the sound quality was so bad I couldn't keep watching. Speeded up bakers on helium!! I hope they let us see more of past season on the official site.

 
Oh, I know...

I'm an opinioned old booby hatch. And I forgot to say, why do they need to send Paul and Mary off for the technical challenge? What does that do? why?

 
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